This still needs a bit of sanding to finish off.

 
I’d tweaked the shape slightly before I started.  Happier with the re-shaped and smaller lower horn now.

I had a bit of a “don’t-trust-the-machine” half way through the job.

  I think, if I’d trust it and let it finish the stage it was on, then the little raised section on the inside of the carve…   Read more»

And we’re off …

 
(Can you see what it is yet??)

“Hungry like a wolf” …. hmmmmm …. that’s reminding me of something else
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I bought something similar, many (10+) years ago. I found mine being made and sold by someone out in Asia somewhere, maybe Vietnam or somewhere in that area. It works.  I made up a little jig to use with a…   Read more»

BIG congrats @rathius!
You now have something in common with every big successful business.
 
 
 
Your first customer!

Cheers @Russ. I started out the a standard Tele, and a standard LP DC. Then I thinned the waist and bottom end of the Tele and cut off the upper bout, getting it a bit closer to the DC shape….   Read more»

Following Mark’s course really in the best advice. The *sort* of guitar you build doesn’t really matter so much.  The first build is more about learning the process and techniques.  Understanding what order to do things, and why that order…   Read more»

Hi Murtaza and welcome to this friendly little corner of the big WWW.
 
What stage at you at with guitar building?